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Each year the aicc tracks hundreds of articles in both the Indian and international press about religious freedom as well as caste discrimination. Here are a few of the best print articles we've found to give an independent perspective on these issues. Many mention the work of the aicc or our partners. Please note that TV stories are posted on the Videos & Photos page. If you find links that are broken, please Contact Us.

2009

Six get life for massacring Dalits, by Indo-Asian News Service (via CNN-IBN), Dec. 6, 2009 (on Chief Justice saying caste should be outlawed)
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/six-get-life-for-massacring-dalits/106568-3.html

Putting Caste on Notice, by Barbara Crossette, The Nation, Oct. 26, 2009
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091109/crossette

UN's caste declaration riles India, by Neeta Lal, Asia Times, Oct. 20, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KJ20Df02.html
(also see commentary by Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, "Tearing down the wall of caste", released Oct. 8, 2009, http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/28F485EBDDDEC9D6C125765400557905?opendocument )

It’s Time for India to Teach in English, by Paul Beckett, Wall Street Journal (online), July 1, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124642022941378351.html

Madam Speaker, talent or tokenism?, by CNN-IBN, June 4, 2009
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/madam-speaker-talent-or-tokenism/94121-37-single.html

Apartheid funded by the Indian tax-payer, by Salil Mekaad, Hindustan Times, May 5, 2009
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Apartheid-funded-by-the-Indian-tax-payer/H1-Article1-407277.aspx

Vienna clash may put caste in global spotlight, by Subodh Ghildiyal, Times of India, May 26, 2009
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Vienna-clash-may-put-caste-in-global-spotlight/articleshow/4577105.cms

Indian Christians caught up in murderous power struggle, by Rhys Blakely, The Times UK, April 14, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6087988.ece

Relief and bias, by S. Viswanathan, Frontline magazine, Vol. 26 – Issue 3, Jan. 31-Feb. 13, 2009 (on Asian Tsunami)
http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2603/stories/20090213260304600.htm

2008

The oppression of 'untouchables' is modern India's shame, by Andrew Duke, Sunday Herald, Oct. 11, 2008
http://www.sundayherald.com/life/people/display.var.2459708.0.the_oppression_of_untouchables_is_modern_indias_shame.php

Violence in India Is Fueled by Religious and Economic Divide, by Hari Kumar and Heather Timmons, New York Times, Sept. 3, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/asia/04christians.html?scp=2&sq=Timmons&st=cse

Heaven Can Wait, by Satish Deshpande, Tehelka Magazine, Vol. 5, Issue 20, May 24, 2008
http://tehelka.com/story_main39.asp?filename=cr240508heaven_can_wait.asp

The walls still keeping untouchables out, by T.N. Gopalan, BBC, May 19, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7404062.stm

U.N. envoy Asma Jahangir says India risks religious violence, by Alistair Scrutton, Reuters, March 20, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-32598020080320

India's Christians: The cross they bear, The Economist, Feb. 7, 2008
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10651857

Overcoming Caste: For Those Working to Build an Integrated India, 'Hope Starts and Ends With the Schools', by Emily Wax, Washington Post, Jan. 20, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/01/19/ST2008011902488.html?sid=ST2008011902488

India's Burning Issue, by Joseph D'souza, Christianity Today (online only), Jan. 10, 2008
http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/2008/januaryweb-only/102-42.0.html

Educating India’s Untouchable, The Guardian (online only), Jan. 2, 2008
http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=455&catID=5

2007

In India, 'Untouchables' Convert To Christianity -- and Face Extra Bias, by Yaroslav Trofimov, Wall Street Journal, Sept. 19, 2007
http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1604/47/

Caught on Tape, by S. David, Christianity Today, July 20, 2007
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/august/3.16.html

A heavy cross to bear, by Harsh Mander, Hindustan Times, June 27, 2007
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print.aspx?Id=ee7fa81d-94bd-4f7e-ab57-e16482fef0ff

A 'Broken People' in Booming India, by Emily Wax, Washington Post, June 21, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/20/AR2007062002535_3.html?sub=AR

Most Indians see caste divide as blot, CNN-IBN, March 27, 2007
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/03_2007/caste-divide-blot-for-modern-india-37109.html

UN body slams India on Dalit violence, IANS/CNN-IBN, March 26, 2007
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/un-body-slams-india-on-dalit-violence/top/36954-2.html

A Dalit temple's encounter with official India, by Vidya Subrahmaniam, The Hindu, March 15, 2007
http://www.thehindu.com/2007/03/15/stories/2007031505331100.htm

2006

Untouchables caste off creed for better deal, Reuters/The Australian, Oct. 16, 2006
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20587641-2703,00.html

Freedom’s just another word, by Harsh Mander, Hindustan Times, Aug. 15, 2006
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=94c60a18-edef-4d6f-b156-4a8d51b171a6

India struggles with discrimination, by Ken Moritsugu, USA Today, May 7, 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-05-07-caste-barriers_x.htm?loc=interstitialskip

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